At the first Growing Timber event of 2024, Mr Alvin Tan, Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, and Board Member of MAS, announced the launch of the Sustainable Finance Jobs Transformation Map (JTM). The JTM lays out the impact of sustainability trends on jobs in Singapore’s financial sector and the emerging skills that the workforce will require to serve sustainable financing demand in the region.
He shared the key findings of the JTM, and announced that MAS has set aside S$35 million in the Financial Sector Development Fund to support upskilling and reskilling, and develop specialists in sustainable finance over the next three years.
Event Details
| Date | 17 April 2024 |
Programme
| Time | Item |
|---|---|
| 2.00pm |
Opening Remarks by Mr Alvin Tan, Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, and Board Member of MAS |
| 2.15pm | Sharing of Key JTM Findings |
| 2.45pm |
Panel Discussion: Transforming Jobs and Skills in Singapore’s Financial Services Sector for Sustainable Finance Moderated by Mr Patrick Atlee, Partner, Financial Services Advisory – ESG Consulting, KPMG Singapore Panellists
|
| 3.30pm | Session ends |
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